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rupert murdock is in britain, who wants to talk to him and what about? >> there's a parliamentary committee hat has requested his presence, the presence of his son james murdock who is the top news corp. executive here in the united kingdom. and rebecca brook she's the chief executive over the news corporate newspapers here in the uk and she was editor and chief at the time of some of the most egregious alleged incident. >> do they have the power of a subpoena? >> there's some question about that. news international, the newspaper division has put out a statement saying that both mr. murdock, james murdock and ms. brooks will cooperate. but they didn't say necessarily that they'll testify so there's some question as to what form that cooperation will take. >> what does news international have to say about the latest allegations concerning former prime minister gordon brown? >> well he made these very anguished charges that news corp. had essentially targeted him, had sought to damage him. and interestingly, the allegations involved two newspapers that ar
rupert murdock is in britain, who wants to talk to him and what about? >> there's a parliamentary committee hat has requested his presence, the presence of his son james murdock who is the top news corp. executive here in the united kingdom. and rebecca brook she's the chief executive over the news corporate newspapers here in the uk and she was editor and chief at the time of some of the most egregious alleged incident. >> do they have the power of a subpoena? >> there's some...
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. >>> britain's former prime minister gordon brown is the latest victim of phone hacking. the sun and sunday times improperly obtained personal information like bank and medical records on his family. two senior police officers will be grilled by a committee of mps why they didn't investigate phone hacking claims earlier. >>> u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has criticized syria for failing to protect embassies after pro-government demonstrators broke windows and spray painted walls. no one managed to get into the building. >>> divers are still searching for victims of a deadly boat disaster. the boat was overloaded, not licensed to carry passengers when it sank on sunday. president dmitry medvedev ordered an investigation. >>> u.s. president barack obama is meeting with lawmakers for another round of debt talks on tuesday. the debate stalled over how to slash the deficit and raise the debt ceiling before the u.s. defaults. republicans want spending cuts but democrats support tax hikes and neither side wants to compromise. those are the headlines. i'm zain verjee in
. >>> britain's former prime minister gordon brown is the latest victim of phone hacking. the sun and sunday times improperly obtained personal information like bank and medical records on his family. two senior police officers will be grilled by a committee of mps why they didn't investigate phone hacking claims earlier. >>> u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has criticized syria for failing to protect embassies after pro-government demonstrators broke windows and spray...
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in britain he's done an enormous amount for the british media. i don't think one should forget this. that was in the news of the world and more recently. he took on the print unions in the 1980s and defeated them. before he did that, british newspapers were completely unprofitable and on the verge of going wholesale bankrupt. he created a profitable newspaper industry. at the same time he took on the called -- it has 10 million subscribers and they would not have that service if not for murdo murdoch. he's done a great deal, but he's very unpopular because he's a conservative. he's unpopular on the left in england and the main paper that led this campaign against him and a very good investigation into the phone tapping scandal was the guardian, which is the left of center paper. aided and abetted the affair with the bbc, which is a rather left wing organization, which doesn't like the competition. >> william shawcross, we appreciate your insight. you painted an interesting picture of mr. murdoch, and we appreciate your time. thank you. >> my plea
in britain he's done an enormous amount for the british media. i don't think one should forget this. that was in the news of the world and more recently. he took on the print unions in the 1980s and defeated them. before he did that, british newspapers were completely unprofitable and on the verge of going wholesale bankrupt. he created a profitable newspaper industry. at the same time he took on the called -- it has 10 million subscribers and they would not have that service if not for murdo...
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more revelations this morning in britain's phone hacking scandal. former prime minister gordon brown told the bbc that the "sun" tabloid hired criminals to obtain information that brown's infant son had cystic fibrosis. brown also accused "the sunday times" of hacking into his bank and tax records. both papers are owned by rupert murdoch. now a member of parliament wants murdoch and one of his top executives rebecca brooks to answer questions about that scandal. >>> debt reduction talks resume for a third straight day this afternoon at the white house. so far the talks remain deadlocked with the two sides far apart on taxes and spending. this morning, congressman paul ryan told erica the u.s. businesses are already trailing foreign competitors. >> we are already taxing our job creators and our businesses more than our foreign competitors are taxing theirs. we don't want to go farther down that path. we want to make sure that america's job producers, our employers, are not put at a huge competitive disadvantage. >> president obama said he'd reject an
more revelations this morning in britain's phone hacking scandal. former prime minister gordon brown told the bbc that the "sun" tabloid hired criminals to obtain information that brown's infant son had cystic fibrosis. brown also accused "the sunday times" of hacking into his bank and tax records. both papers are owned by rupert murdoch. now a member of parliament wants murdoch and one of his top executives rebecca brooks to answer questions about that scandal. >>>...
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explosive new allegations in britain's hacking scandal. published reports say reporters with a second news corporation owned newspaper, illegally accessed the bank accounts of former british prime minister gordon brown and the medical records of his seriously ill son. brown accuses rupert murdock's newspapers of having, quote, links with criminals. >> afghan president hamid karzai's half brother has been found shot to death at his kandahar home. ahmed wali karzai was the pro vinceal council chief. he suffered gunshot wounds to his head and chest according to hospital officials. a spokesman says a guard killed karzai. the taliban says that guard was working for them. >>> they all agree default is not an option but can president obama and congressional leaders agree on a deal to raise the government's borrowing limit? they're going to meet again today. some republicans are calling for a short-term measure before the august 2nd deadline to allow more time for negotiations. the president says absolutely not. >>> and it looks like another good
explosive new allegations in britain's hacking scandal. published reports say reporters with a second news corporation owned newspaper, illegally accessed the bank accounts of former british prime minister gordon brown and the medical records of his seriously ill son. brown accuses rupert murdock's newspapers of having, quote, links with criminals. >> afghan president hamid karzai's half brother has been found shot to death at his kandahar home. ahmed wali karzai was the pro vinceal...